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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Shock Jocks Suspended For Calling Whitney A “Crack Hoe”

On Thursday, popular radio shock jocks John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou
(pictured) of station KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles were suspended and
forced to apologize for making insensitive and callous remarks about the
late iconic songstress Whitney Houston, reports theLos Angeles Times.

The controversial tag team referred to Houston as a “crack h*” and
then went on to say that she had been “cracked out for 20 years.” They
also asked, “Really, it [Whitney's death]took this long?”
For their disrespectful remarks, Kobylt and Chiampou, who broadcast
their show on weekday afternoons, were suspended by KFI station heads
until February 27.
In a statement on the KFI website, the following apology was made to the listeners:

Effective immediately, KFI AM 640 hosts John Kobylt and
Ken Chiampou have been suspended for making insensitive and
inappropriate comments about the late Whitney Houston.

KFI AM 640 Management does not condone, support or tolerate statements of this kind.”

John Kobylt also released a statement:

We made a mistake, and we accept the station’s decision.
We used language that was inappropriate, and we sincerely apologize to
our listeners and to the family of Ms. Houston.

This is not the first incident for Kobylt and Chiampou. Just last year,
they raised the ire of the Hispanic population, when they gave out the
phone number of Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a local
immigration rights advocate, on the air. In no time, Cabrera, a staff
member with the Coalition of Humane Immigration Rights of L.A.,
reportedly received hundreds of hate-filled calls. The inappropriate
move by the foul-mouthed pair was met with a major protest outside of
their offices and also resulted in Verizon and AT&T Wireless pulling
their advertising revenue from the station.